QUICK FACTS
Trip length:
Time of year:
Year of trip:
2 weeks
July - August
2021
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ITINERARY SUMMARY
GRINDELWALD
Things to note
If you're visiting the Jungfrau region for a few days, my personal preference is to be based in Wengen as it's more central to all the best hikes.
Accommodation
Derby Swiss Quality Hotel, right by Grindelwald train station
Activities (click on hike for more info)
WENGEN
Things to note
If you're visiting the Jungfrau region for a few days, my personal preference is to be based in Wengen as it's more central to all the best hikes.
Accommodation
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Hotel Bernhof - basic and budget option that does the job
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Chalet Acheregg - chalet we've stayed in many times when spending the week there
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Hotel Regina Wengen - hotel I stayed at in 2022 with amazing balcony views
Activities (click on hike for more info)
Mürren
Things to note
If you're visiting the Jungfrau region for a few days, my personal preference is to be based in Wengen as it's more central to all the best hikes.
Accommodation
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Hotel Alpina
Activities (click on hike for more info)
KANDERSTEG
Accommodation
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Belle Epoque Hotel Victoria
Activities
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Oeschinensee Panorama hike
LEUKERBAD
Accommodation
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Hotel Regina Terme
Activities
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Daubensee > Sunnbüel return hike
Täsch
Accommodation
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Hotel Matterhorn Inn
Activities
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Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge hike in Randa
ZERMATT
Accommodation
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Hotel Parnass
Activities
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Matterhorn Glacier Trail
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Zermatt > Gornergrat hike
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Sunnegga 5 lakes trail
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Kleine Matterhorn Glacier Paradise
TRAVEL
Here's what I bought for my 2019 trip, one week in Wengen (based on 2019 exchange rates)
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Half price card: 120 CHF / $120
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Return train ticket from Zurich Airport to Wengen (using half price card): 88 CHF / $88
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Jungfrau pass (covers nearly all trains and cable cars in Jungfrau region): 190 CHF / $178
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Jungfraujoch: 74 CHF / $70
There are LOTS of different ticket combinations you can get to save money, so it all depends on how long you're going for, what you want to do.
Here's a couple of really useful links for choosing what's the best ticket for your trip:
ACTIVITIES + HIKE DETAILS
Wengen - Eigergletscher - Kleine Scheidegg Hike:
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From Wengen station, walk past the Co-op and underneath train tracks
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Follow signs to Staubbachbankli
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On the map you're following route 42 all the way to Mettlenalp
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Then 43 to Biglenalp
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Then 39 / 29 for the final stretch up to Eigergletscher, before walking down to Kleine Scheidegg
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Either get train back down from Kleine Scheidegg, or walk another hour to Männlichen and get cable car down to Wengen
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Long but stunning hike. Ascend 1,046 metres in altitude (3,432 ft)
Route map
Original map
Grütschalp - Allmendhubel - Mürren Hike:
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Get the cable car from Lauterbrunnen up to Grütschalp
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From the station follow the Mountain View trail to Allmendhubel
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From Allmenhubel follow the Northface Trail, going anti-clockwise around the loop and finishing up in Murren.
Route map
Original map
Schynige Platte - Faulhorn - First Hike:
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Get the first train of the day up to Schynige Platte, before it gets too crowded and also gives you maximum time to do the walk. You don't want to miss the last cable car down from the First to Grindelwald!
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Don't immediately follow signs to Faulhorn, from the Schynige Platte station follow the signs up to Daube view point
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Then follow the ridge and signs all the way to the Faulhorn
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From the Faulhorn walk down to the First
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Thing to note with this walk is not just how long it is, but how remote it. Whilst the other hikes have plenty of chances to "bail out", being near train stations or cable car stations, this one you have to commit to it. So bring plenty of food and drink, and clothes for all weather conditions because it can change really fast up there
Route map
Original map
Interlaken - Giessbachfalle - Isetwald Boat Trip + Hike:
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From Interlaken get the boat to Giessbachfalle
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Walk all the way up to the highest viewpoint of the falls
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Then come back down to main viewpoints near hotel and follow path left along the lake to Isetwald
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Then get boat back to Interlaken
Giessbachfalle map
Route map
Original map
First - Faulhorn - Bort Hike:
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From the top of First cable car, hike up to the Faulhorn
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Walk back down to Bachalpsee
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From here follow signs to Waldspitz
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Then walk down to the Bort station, and take cable car back down to Grindelwald
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Using the bellow map, it's route 1 from First > Bachalpsee; route 2 for Bachalpsee > Faulhorn > Bachalpsee; then route 4 down to Bort via Waldspitz.
Route map
Original map
Route map
Original map
Schilthorn Hike:
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Pretty simple, from Allmendhubel, hike up to Schilthorn!
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Then get the cable car back down
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Very steep, long hike with big drop offs, so not one for those who don't like heights!
Route map
Original map
Jungfraujoch:
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Hike to the Mönchsjoch Hut, 1 hour each way. There's a restaurant with toilets at Mönchsjoch Hut
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Be wary of altitude sickness, if say you're travelling from Interlaken, you're ascending nearly 3,000 metres (nearly 10,000 feet) without acclimatising.
DO THIS TRIP AS A TOUR
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